Tyler Robinson and Luigi Mangione are a glaring example of how attractive people get treated against ones who are not attractive
1d 14h ago by sopuli.xyz/u/Grimreaper in showerthoughts
I rest my case. I won’t listen to to any other copes but here’s your proof pretty privilege exists.
Both killed influencial multi millionaire figures but one gets praised and girls thirsting for him and randos wanting to defend him in court, while the other didn’t get the same treatment because he wasn’t as genetically blessed as Luigi. In fact I see a lot of people lowkey roasting Robinson for his looks, while all I see for Luigi is how hot he is and how he’s in the right.
Many people probably don’t even realize this but it’s just pretty privilege. And I’m sure I’ll have plenty of people coping here.
I think it has less to do with appearances than the popularity of issues/people they choose to pursue with their actions.
Luigi off'ed someone pretty much universally reviled across political spectrums. Probably a good 80% of people could sympathize at least a little with what Luigi did. Every adult has probably had extensive personal experience dealing with the dysfunction of our healthcare system. Brian Thompson is just the personification of that.
Tyler did a perfect one-shot with the most hilarious timing on someone that was loathed by ~50% of the country and liked by the other ~50%.
The two issues have a fairly wide gap in universal appeal.
Another big thing is the reasoning behind their actions.
Luigi, allegedly, did so in retaliation against a failed system that had exploited people by routinely denied them healthcare to save a buck, one that he is directly a victim of. That's something we can all be sympathetic to.
The other is just a right wing troll who shot another right wing troll for not being the right kind of troll. Nobody's gonna be sympathetic to that except other right wing trolls.
It has nothing to do with their looks.
Though there is a point to be made that people do need to overall stop insulting people, even horrible people, for their appearance. It just throws people under the bus to stroke our egos with a low-hanging-fruit insult. Because of those insults we get people like OP who fail to understand the point.
The other is just a right wing troll who shot another right wing troll for not being the right kind of troll. Nobody’s gonna be sympathetic to that except other right wing trolls.
Hence, OP.
Reddit is a really good site - have you tried it Grimreaper? I think they would like you
Pretty privilege isn't some new concept man. Attractive people benefiting from their looks has always existed. Im not sure why it took the two examples you posted for you to realize this though.
https://xkcd.com/1053/
I agree, I think it's a factor and most people are oblivious to it. However I also think the discrepancy is in greater part explained by the respective circumstances, targets and motives -as outlined by other users ITT
Tyler, is that you?